[pct-l] Questions About Your 2011 Snow Skills Course

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

Hi, Chuck!

If I am understanding Q-1 correctly, it takes about an hour and a half to go from Reno to South Lake Tahoe, then add a half-hour for the trip to the trailhead and a little buffer and you've got two hours, meaning that you need to leave the airport in Reno by 0800.

Q-2: I believe the "Basic" Snow Skills Training Course Description at http://postholer.com/MountainEducation shows the weekend's instruction ending at about 1600, so with the two-hour trip back to Reno, arriving there about 1830, I wouldn't think that you would be able to fly out until 2000hrs (8:00pm).

Q-3: Our "Basic" Course is full for 1/7/11, so that one is out. The rest are filling, but open for two on any date!





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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chuck Stone 
  To: ned at mountaineducation.org 
  Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 11:05 PM
  Subject: Questions About Your 2011 Snow Course


  Hello Ned,

  I am very interested in joining one of your snow courses over the next couple of months.  To help finalize my plans, I would appreciate it if you would answer a few questions for me.

  1)  If I'm able to make it, I plan to fly into Reno on Friday morning, then meet in the Echo Pass, California, Sno-Park Parking Lot on the north side of Highway 50 at 10:00 am.  In order to drive from the Reno airport to the Sno-Park Parking Lot, what is the latest time I can fly into Reno on Friday morning and still make it to the parking lot by 10:00 am?

  2)  What time do you expect to return to the Sno-Park Parking Lot on Sunday, and what time do you think is the earliest reasonable time I can plan to fly out of Reno?

  3)  Finally, which of the 2011 dates below are still open for 2 participants on the same weekend ... myself and possibly a friend?

  January 7, 8, 9 
  January 21, 22, 23 

  February 4, 5, 6 
  February 18, 19, 20 

  March 4, 5, 6 
  March 18, 19, 20 

  April 1, 2, 3 
  April 15, 16, 17 


  Thanks so much for your help,

  Chuck